Just adopted a teacup yorkie and struggling

[Prince Toby]

Originally Posted by Charlies Mamma

While I agree with what you are saying, it is very hard for me to read posts like this OP left I have seen so much harm and cruelty to animals and I just cant understand it.

And I think that if you come to a place called "Yorkietalk" you would have to assume we LOVE our babies and even if you are in this OPs situation might be more careful about what you are saying while posting or at least how you say it. I know that we cant always know how to take "typed words" because you are not hearing them be said but I felt this message was very clear about how they feel about having this furbaby ............... Sorry

Please don't in any way think I was excusing his post or sticking up for him because I wasn't there is no excuse for a post like the one he did. His post was very disturbing and heart wrenching for me to read. Abuse of anyone whether it be a skin person or a fur person is unexcusable. I was just saying that if our main goal was to try to get this OP to do the right thing by this helpless baby and put him in a rescue or give him to someone that would love and spoil him that maybe we need to wrant and rave (like I did) in the comfort of our home, but on here tone it down a little so that we do not scare them off and we can keep tabs on this little baby, and help to rescue him. This is in no way to benefit the OP or to spare his feelings. It is all about helping this little one. It is beginning to look like we will never know what has become of this little fur baby now.

[Harrysmum]

Originally Posted by navillusc

Thank you all for your kind words...it truly is how I feel, and how I treat all my furbabies. I consider them "innocents"...and highly intelligent. They do, after all, learn OUR language better that WE learn THEIRS.

It is especially sad for me to read posts such as this OP's...those who have 'inherited' rather than 'chosen' a furbaby. They 'expect' one thing from the 'acquisition' but when they find the reality differs substantially, there is a feeling of being 'overwhelmed'..."What have I gotten myself into?"...and "How can I restore my life to the way it was?"...("and without ticking anyone important to me off!" )

The acquisition usually happens along with plenty of other stresses and they just want to press a 'button' or give/take a 'pill' and have everything all magically fall back into place. It usually doesn't work that way. The simple answer is that their life has forever changed...same as with an unexpected pregnancy/birth...and they can accept it, fall in love with it, or dispose of it. Their life, however, stays forever changed in certain ways regardless of their 'handling' choices.

If this OP seriously wants to 'fix' everything, but lacks the 'tools' and is drawing from the only prior experience available...which is 'incorrect' for this situation, I thought perhaps a little 'insight' might be useful for this change in perspective. Transition of an orphaned infant would be expected to be fraught with certain difficulties, and require unprecedented compassion from most of us...but how the OP see this canine and it's situation is important. Transition for a Yorkie...or other beloved furbaby...to a new home where the rules are not yet clear, is absolutely no different. If one wants to make a difference, one needs to know what that difference is that must be made.

I have a friend who's friend passed and she took his Yorkie/Chi mix. She knew the dog, and loved him, and the transition was smooth.

On the contrary side, I took two cats from a dying friend. The cats knew me...had known me all their lives, but "wrenching" them away from their dying mommy, who asked me to come and get them as she could no longer care for them properly, set them so on edge, that if they'd had front claws, they'd have torn me limb from limb for the next few days. Has she passed BEFORE they came to live with me, the transition to my home could have been much different. I understood their predicament, and just kept loving them through their trauma, and soon I had two more very loving kissy-face lap-sitters.

I do hope the OP comes back with an update of progress being made. Whatever is done, it should be done WITH THE BEST INTEREST OF THE YORKIE IN MIND, because this baby has lost it's beloved Mommy and deserves no less...and the OP will be in for a very pleasant surprise when this baby turns on that Yorkie-tude charm.

Cat - I think I'm in love with you !!!!!

Once again, as with every post you post (?!!? ) it's beautifully put across, to the point, gentle and caring - lovely. Thank you. Sally + Harry x

[gracielove]

I don't think there were any offensive posts here. Maybe a few passionate requests for the OP to use restraint but no one was really offensive. This happens frequently. People come here for advise and when they get it they don't like it.

I agree that sometimes people are rude and actually insulting to some who come here with pet store and other puppy mill type dog questions. However, this was a matter of abuse. I think many used great restraint considering what this little dog is being faced with.

I also agree that some got a bit carried away with their passionate answers but again they were not offensive. This person had the option of contacting anyone on YT with a PM to get more info about finding a Yorkie rescue but chose instead to abandon that option and go on his way. Why bother to ask a question on a public forum if you are not going to at least give closure to the subject? He wanted someone to agree with him and he did not find anyone to do that.

[Charlies Mamma]

Originally Posted by Prince Toby

Please don't in any way think I was excusing his post or sticking up for him because I wasn't there is no excuse for a post like the one he did. His post was very disturbing and heart wrenching for me to read. Abuse of anyone whether it be a skin person or a fur person is unexcusable. I was just saying that if our main goal was to try to get this OP to do the right thing by this helpless baby and put him in a rescue or give him to someone that would love and spoil him that maybe we need to wrant and rave (like I did) in the comfort of our home, but on here tone it down a little so that we do not scare them off and we can keep tabs on this little baby, and help to rescue him. This is in no way to benefit the OP or to spare his feelings. It is all about helping this little one. It is beginning to look like we will never know what has become of this little fur baby now.

No I dont think you were accusing anyone of anything although Ill admit my posts were in anger. I have just been through so much lately with my little guy health wise that I cant imagine ever having the attitude of the OP,

[Charlies Mamma]

I sent the following to the Op and received this in reply I am glad they are understanding the care this little one will need and are willing to find him a forever home and I am thankful to them for answering my PM

My PM

Originally Posted by Charlies Mamma

Hello,

My name is Mary and I am one of the posters to your post on yorkietalk. I am writing because I am wondering if you were able to work with your little one and help him to be part of your family.

I admit your post appeared to be harsh and in turn got harsh replies, including my own, but I hope that you can understand that our members consider our yorkies as family, not just animals.

We are very passionate about wanting people to understand that the needs of a yorkie are not that of an average canine.

I am hoping that you can make a post letting everyone know how things are going with your little guy, we are all very worried about him especially being so small it is critical that he have and feel love, this is just their personality, their need.

Please let us know how he is doing

Reply:

Originally Posted by mrsp

Thanks for your concern and to let you know we have decided to find a new home for him. We were referred by one of my coworkers to an agency that runs a very strict program and finds only perfectly suitable people to adopt certain dogs.

Thanks for your concern.

[Prince Toby]

Mary,

I am so glad you were able to get a hold of the OP. I wish they would have fallen in love with this little guy like all of us have fallen in love with our little guy and girls, but I am happy since they didn't, that they are finding him a home, so he can experience that love that he so much deserves. I sent them a private message as well yesterday and never heard from them, so I am glad they responded to you.

[Charlies Mamma]

Originally Posted by Prince Toby

Mary,

I am so glad you were able to get a hold of the OP. I wish they would have fallen in love with this little guy like all of us have fallen in love with our little guy and girls, but I am happy since they didn't, that they are finding him a home, so he can experience that love that he so much deserves. I sent them a private message as well yesterday and never heard from them, so I am glad they responded to you.

Well we can at least rest easier tonite knowing he will be in good hands and maybe the OP has a better idea of what these little guys are all about and it can help them until a forever home is found.

[gracielove]

Yorkies are not for everyone. They can have issues. That is what makes this boom in popularity so sad. So many people rush out to get one of these adorable cuties and then decide they do not have the the necessary patience, resources, or ability to deal with the baby as it gets older. Then the poor little things gets passed from home to home or the shelter. I hope this one gets a good loving forever home this time.

[navillusc]

Originally Posted by Harrysmum

Cat - I think I'm in love with you !!!!!

Once again, as with every post you post (?!!? ) it's beautifully put across, to the point, gentle and caring - lovely. Thank you. Sally + Harry x

Sally, you're an angel covered in skin but with as golden a halo! Thank you for the lovely compliment. I have been well trained over many years by some of the most wonderful fur babies in the world. I was around all kinds of animals my whole life, but my 'feeling' about them as 'spiritual beings' is based on personal experiences of my own. I have never seen a reason to treat them any way I would not want to be treated...and they respond exactly as you'd expect them to and don't disappoint. They deserve the same love and respect as any other 'spiritual being' and they return it in kind...and profusely.

- Cat

[caw]

You have to make a yorkie think whatever you want them to do is THEIR idea....cause...they kind of really do run things. They are terriers...they are super smart...but not in a particularly obedient way. They take their own feelings about something into account before they decide they're gonna do it. Terriers are problem solvers....for solving whatever they perceive is THEIR problem THEY are having.

[Princes mom]

Originally Posted by jeanm1963

Please call a local rescue and surrender the dog to someone familiar with the breed.... your post made my skin crawl! Please give him/her to someone who appreciates the dog

[FoxxysMom]

I'm glad to hear that they are rehoming but I'm ecstatic that the OP brought his frustrations here otherwise he may have felt helpless in his feelings and just tried to force the situation not knowing how different Yorkies are.
We really do need these type posts here, otherwise, how can we help them?
Awesome outcome!
Great job YT. You guys helped both OP and Furbaby

[JaxsonsMommy12]

I'm so happy that the OP decided to rehome the yorkie! Hope he finds a loving forever home!